N0CPO’s 20' Greyline Flagpole Antenna: 100 Countries in 9 Months!
Customer Review: N0CPO
Jeff, N0CPO reports in on his first 9 months using his 20' Greyline Antenna, "100 DXCC countries!"
Jeff, N0CPO here.
I installed my 20' Greyline flagpole in November of '24 and,
after testing it out, I set an arbitrary goal of working
100 counties on 100 watts in the first year. I figured that
might be a high hurdle for a casual operator who only works
phone (no CW and no digital modes). My setup is the flagpole,
an LDG RT-100 tuner at the flagpole base, and a Yaesu FT-710.
My QTH is in Pennsylvania. I kept chipping away and chalking
up countries until I hit the magic 100- in less than 9 months.
I've worked all states except Hawaii, all Canadian provinces,
and 16 museum ships on MS Weekend. I struggle sometimes to
break through pileups of kilowatt stations, but I routinely
get very good signal reports, from Kobe to Oman. I'm sure having
fun and the XYL loves how the flagpole enhances the look of our
home. 73 & good DX, N0CPO
[Photo N0CPO] - 20' Greyline Flagpole Antenna
FUN FACT: *Did you know?
Jeff's 20' Flagpole radiates approximately 3.24 dBi of gain on 10M with meaningful gain numbers on the other bands too. I bet Jeff feels pretty loud at times on 17/15M. As the 10M band starts to taper off the peak, he's in good shape for years to come.
How do we know? We read the Book, by Bob Zavrel W7SX called "Antenna Physics." The ARRL has them in stock.
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